More Routing, Shoei Helmet

KK and I have been working this afternoon (6/25) on getting the maps marked and the GPS routes built in MapSource. It's getting highly complicated. Some of the points Edelweiss puts on the tour route are just tourist attractions that don't show on the maps or on the software. Plus, there are multiple towns of the same names. You can build a route with a small town as a routing point and all of the sudden the route goes a long way out of the area. You can tell when the mileage spikes. After day one, there are options on the routes you can take. Route 1 is the shorter, more stops, more culture. Route 2 will be more mileage, more seat time. I'm sure we'll sample either based on the guides recommendations.

On Monday, my Shoei helmet came in from MotorcycleGear.com (formerly NewEnough in Shallowater). Putting on a Shoei's like the first time you slept on sheets with a high thread count. It's nice. I installed the Sena and it went together nicely. I took it to Damron's this morning to get the opinions of the consigliere (a mafia term for the smart guys). Jim Davidson and Callum McCasland are helping us

out on the trip with some GPS mounts that should fit on the GS. Jim's loaning us some helmet carriers, MotorcycleGear.com has them on terminal backorder, and we can't get any. We'll carry the helmets with us. No telling what would happen in the luggage compartment.